MicroStrategy will sell $500M more shares — could buy more BTC.

Bolt walks away from $1.5B Wyre deal.

Senators ask Mark Zuckerberg for comments on crypto scams.

Quentin Tarantino & Miramax walk away from lawsuit.

Community Labs raises $30M in strategic funding.

Links:

• Quentin Tarantino Reaches Settlement With Miramax in ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFT Lawsuit
• Letter to Zuck
• Bolt's $1.5 billion deal to buy Wyre dies
• MicroStrategy prospectus
• Community Labs raises $30 million strategic funding round

Bitcoin is down .5% at $19,219
Ethereum is down .5% at $1046
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $215

Meta to shutter Novi Crypto wallet.

CEO of KuCoin says exchange is fine despite rumors.

3AC files chapter 15.

Sam Bankman Fried says he'll consider belagured miners to help crypto contagion.

Voyager Digitial temporarily halts trading, withdrawals, deposits.

Links:

• Johnny_KuCoin on Twitter: "Be aware of FUDs! Not sure who's spreading these sheer rumors, and what their intentions are, but #KuCoin does not have any exposure to LUNA, 3AC, Babel, etc. No “immense suffer” from any “coin collapse”, no plan to halt withdrawal, everything on KuCoin is operating well." / Twitter
• Three Arrows Capital Files for Bankruptcy in New York Tied to British Virgin Islands Proceeding
• After BlockFi Deal, Sam Bankman-Fried Explores Buying Distressed Crypto Miners - Bloomberg
• Voyager Digital Provides Market Update
• International Money Transfers & Remittances | Novi

Bitcoin is up slightly at $19,138
Ethereum is up .5% at $1045
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $217

Amp up 16%

DOJ charges developer of Baller Ape NFT

El Salvador buys 80 BTC

Meta rolling out NFT feature for Facebook

Greenidge air permit denited by NYDEC

FBI adds Ruja Ignatova to most wanted list.

Links:

• Justice Department Announces Enforcement Action Charging Six Individuals with Cryptocurrency Fraud Offenses in Cases Involving Over $100 Million in Intended Losses | OPA | Department of Justice
• Nayib Bukele on Twitter: "El Salvador bought today 80 #BTC at $19,000 each! #Bitcoin is the future! Thank you for selling cheap 😉 https://t.co/ZHwr0Ln1Ze" / Twitter
• Statement from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on Denial of the Title V Permit Renewal for Greenidge Generation, LLC - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
• FBI Adds OneCoin Founder Ruja Ignatova to Its Most Wanted List

Bitcoin is down slightly at $19,161
Ethereum is up slightly at $1000
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $202

Meta launches Avatar Store with Balenciaga, Prada and Thom Browne.

Decentraland DAO votes to give Decentraland Games a $1M grant in MANA.

FTX acquires Bitvo

Immutable launches 500M venture fund for web3

Links:

• Immutable Launches $500 Million Developer and Venture Investment Fund to Accelerate Adoption of Web3 Games and Projects
• FTX Acquires Alberta-Based Restricted Dealer to Expand Canadian Presence
• Meta is launching an avatar store, and designer clothes are the first products - The Verge
• Decentraland DAO votes to give Decentral Games $1 million grant

Bitcoin is down slightly at $34,695
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,568
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $357

Julian Sawyer appears to step down as CEO of Bitstamp.

Meta plans NFT pilot.

Nvidia settles charges with the SEC

Under Armour will drop NFTs with Steph Curry

Pangea picks up 85M in funding.

Links:

• Meta’s Instagram to Support NFTs From Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, Flow
• SEC.gov | SEC Charges NVIDIA Corporation with Inadequate Disclosures about Impact of Cryptomining
• Under Armour to mint NBA Warriors' Stephen Curry-inspired NFTs
• (1) Julian Sawyer (@julian_sawyer) / Twitter
• Crypto Wunderkinds Secure $85 Million to Start Own Hedge Fund Pangea - Bloomberg — Strategy is to focus on three to seven proven tokens

Bitcoin is up slightly at $39,799
Ethereum is up slightly at $2,930
and Binance Coin is up .5% at $405

OneFootball has raised $300M in their series D round.

Deus Finance exploited for $13M.

Meta says their metaverse unit Reality Labs lost $2.9B in Q1 2022

Edward Snowden was a part of the core group ceremony that launched Zcash.

Bitcoin is up slightly at $40,475
Ethereum is down slightly at $3,001
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $400

Dogecoin, up 15%
The Graph up 15%

Moonbird #2642 sets records — selling for for 350Eth on OpenSea.

Bored Ape Yacht Club Instagram was hacked yesterday.

Meta opening brick-and-mortar stores.

Doge was up on Elon’s Twitter takeover

Bitcoin is down slightly at $40,187
Ethereum is down slightly at $3,021
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $416

US officials say North Korea’s Lazarus hackers are the ones responsible for the Ronin blockchain

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor tells shareholders BTC as reserve is a success.

Central Bank of Portugal grants country’s first crypto license to a bank.

Meta allows digital sales on Horizon — will take half of creators profits in fees.

Links:

• Meta Plans to Charge Up to 50% Fees for Transactions in the Metaverse | Barron's
• MicroStrategy 14A
• Registration of virtual assets service providers | Banco de Portugal
• US government connects North Korean hacking group with last month's $600 million Ronin exploit

Bitcoin is down 1% at $40,465
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,801
and Binance Coin is down 1% at $386

DCR will be offline next week. See you soon.

Unknown investor borrows 5 bored apes from a vault to claim 1.1M of the recently dropped APEcoin.

GameStop moving ahead with their planned NFT platform

Argentina’s government is working on a nearly $45 billion debt restructuring deal with IMF — will disavow crypto.

Meta Platforms and Meta Platforms Ireland facebook’s parent company is being sued by the ACCC over crypto ads.

Links:

• Argentina and the IMF
• GameStop to launch NFT platform by end of Q2
• Someone borrowed 5 Bored Apes to claim $1.1 million of APE tokens
• ACCC takes action over alleged misleading conduct by Meta for publishing scam celebrity crypto ads on Facebook | ACCC

Bitcoin is down slightly at $36,688
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,455
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $372

Theta fuel up 24%

Putin wants a regulated crypto mining industry.

DeFi Protocol Wonderland dealing with the nature of a Decentralized, sometimes anonymous community.

Once-shiny Diem indeed selling — to Silvergate capital for $200M

FTX.US closes round with $8B valuation

Links:

• Putin Backs Bitcoin (BTC), Crypto Mining Despite Bank of Russia’s Ban Plans - Bloomberg
• DeFi protocol Wonderland is allegedly run by QuadrigaCX co-founder
• Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Venture to Wind Down, Sell Assets - WSJ
• Crypto exchange FTX US valued at $8 bln as first fundraise draws SoftBank, Temasek | Reuters

Bitcoin is down .5% at $37,830
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,539
and Binance Coin is down slightly at $387

Amp up 18%
Helium up 16%
Loopring up 16%

IMF wants El Salvador to walk away from BTC.

Ripple has announced a stock buyback.

Meta's (Facebook's) Diem (Libra) may be shutting down for good.

PleasrDAO is raising $69M.

Links:

• Mark Zuckerberg Stablecoin Project Diem Considers Selling Off Remaining Assets - Bloomberg
• Ripple announces stock buyback, nabs $15 billion valuation
• IMF urges El Salvador to remove Bitcoin as legal tender - BBC News
• Crypto art collector PleasrDAO is raising $69 million

Bitcoin is down .5% at $49,247
Ethereum is down .5% at $4,288
and Binance Coin is down .5% at $592

Wax up 33%
Gala up 16%
Near Protocol up 15%

Wallet maker Ledger debuts crypto-linked debit card for US and EU customers.

Michael Saylor and Microstrategy pick up 1,434 BTC.

Messari launches Messari Governor to aid DAOs

Meta's crypto wallet Novi launches on WhatApp.

Links:

• Stephane Kasriel on Novi
• Introducing Messari Governor: The First-to-Market, Governance Aggregator and Voting Platform | Messari
• MicroStrategy Says It Bought 1,434 Bitcoins Since Nov. 29
• SIGN UP NOW: Our Ledger-powered Crypto Life “CL” Card is coming! | Ledger